Outright bans on plastic bags may not be the best solution, but education and incentives to get people to stop using them are necessary.

Our choices at all levels-individual, community, corporate and government-affect nature. And they affect us.

Scientists have been warning about global warming for decades. It's too late to stop it now, but we can lessen its severity and impacts.

When I was a kid, being outside was the norm. Rain or shine, our parents would tell us to get out of the house.

And that, quite simply, is the issue. We live in a finite world with finite resources. Although it may sometimes seem quite big, earth is really very small - a tiny blue and green oasis of life in a cold universe.

Debating the best way to do something we shouldn't be doing in the first place is a sure way to end up in the wrong place.

Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.